Rope-fastener



(No Model.)

- E. W. 00X.

Rope Fastener.

o. 239,317. Patented March 29,1881;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD w. 00X, or CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ROPE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,317, dated March 29, 1881. Application filed August 9, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD W. 00X, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rope-Fasteners, whichimprovemeut is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front perspective view of the fastener and Fig. 2 is a rear perspective.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive line or rope holder, or to he used as a bag-tie, or for other purposes where it is designed to fasten the ends of rope or twine.

III the accompanying drawings, A represents a flat piece of metal bent in the middle portion to allow it to conform to the curve or circle of the bag or other object against which it rests when in use. When the tie is desired for use on flat objects the metal piece A can A hook, B, is formed on one side and of the same piece of metal, and this is bentoutwardly slightlyto allow sufficient space for a cord to rest between the hook and the object against which the plate rests. 0n the outer surface, alongside of the hook B, are two oppositely-piojectin g hooks, 0, having their bases together, and at the opposite end an aperture or eye, D, is formed through the plate, to whichthe rope or twine ais attached.

In using this fastener the plate A is placed in the proper position, and the twine awrapped around the object, the end I) passed under the opposite end of the plate and engaged with the hook B. The end 0 can then be drawn so as to tighten thetwine aroundthe object, after which it is passed under the hook O at I),

wrapped around its base, and pressed under the opposite hook, O thence under the hook B at d, and secured between the twine b and the plate A. The twine I), therefore, presses the end 0 against the plate A,aud prevents it from slipping.

The plate, being constructed of one piece of 4 5 rope or twine in the peculiar manner specified,

has ever before been known or used. Therefore.

Having described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a rope or twine holder, the combination of an oblong plate, A, having a single book, B, on the side, near one end, and by the side of said hook, on the outer surface of the plate, the double horn or belaying-cleat G O, the whole being made of one piece of metal, with the rope or twine, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing l have. hereunto set my hand this 5th day of 70 August, A. D. 1880, in the presence of witnesses.

EDWARD W. 00X.

Witnesses: I

J. S. ZERBE, S. STROBHART. 

